#PURPOSE:Simple program that exits and returns a
#	 status code back to the Linux kernel
#

#INPUT:  none
#

#OUTPUT: returns a status code. This can be viewed
#	 by typing
#
#	echo $?
#

# after running the program
#

#VARIABLES:
#	%eax holds the system call number
#	%ebx holds the return status
#

.section .data
.section .text
.globl _start
_start:
movl $1, %eax	# this is the linux kernel command
		# number (system call) for exiting
		# a program

movl $0, %ebx	# this is the status number we will
		# return to the operating system.
		# Change this around and it will
		# return different things to
		# echo $?

int $0x80	# this wakes up the kernel to run
		# the exit command

#as exit.s -o exit.o
#ld exit.o -o exit
#./exit
# echo $?
